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The phrase "a cockroach in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, often metaphorically, to describe an unwanted presence or a problem in a situation.
Example: "There was a cockroach in the kitchen, and it made me question the cleanliness of the entire house."
Alternatives: "a pest in" or "a nuisance in".
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His boss, the sheriff, denounced him as a "cockroach" in the local news media.
You see a cockroach in your kitchen; as the days go by, you meet his relatives".
The Starbucks employee looked at me as if I were a cockroach in the brownie mix.
Finally got home when the 6-year-old claimed he had a cockroach in his ear.
THAT software does not always work correctly is roughly as surprising as finding a cockroach in a New York apartment.
Kid persists and is taken to hospital where it is discovered that he has - a cockroach in his ear.
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And to make it worse, my professors then show enlarged Power Point slides of a cockroach-in-ear.
"She would take in a cockroach if it needed her," she said.
THE BACK PAGE eleven-panel black and white illustrated story of a woman who sees a cockroach while in a diner at the counter, and the subsequent flurry of accusations and counter-accusations among the staff.
A Home to Sing About TIMOTHY BLAKE NELSON — the character actor, playwright and director — provided the voice of a cockroach living in a Manhattan apartment in the 1996 MTV musical film "Joe's Apartment".
--When a patient walked into the emergency room at a New Orleans hospital with a cockroach hiding in each ear, doctors knew they had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to settle one of the uncertainties of medical science.
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